#5 – Joan of Arc

It is impossible not to mention about this legendary woman who has become a national heroine of France. As head of the army during the Hundred Years War, she inspired men to victory and won battle after battle, lifted the siege of Orleans. Once in captivity, Joan was transferred to the British, but during the trial it became clear that it is not so easy to blame Joan - the girl stand on the judgment seat with amazing courage and confidently refuted accusations of heresy and intercourse with the devil, avoiding numerous traps. Although the prisoner's will was never broken, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.She went down in world history as one of the most courageous women.

#4 – Lilian Bland

One day a careless young man has managed in the presence of Lilian Bland blurt out that women and technology are completely incompatible. Mrs. photographer and reporter without hesitation undertook the challenge and in 1910 in Ireland she built her own airplane. The girl was able to fly impressive for those times 27 meters, and she had no idea of how to manage this large object. Lillian lived a long and interesting life, got married and moved to Canada, loved gambling and died at the age of 93, and prejudice against women and machines has survived her for many years.

#3 – Tomoe Gozen

Tomoe Gozen was a perfect warrior and one of the real-world examples of women warriors of Feudal Japan. She took part in the war Gempei (1180-1185) as a senior officer, she was "not afraid of no demons no gods” and was the most brave, valiant warrior! She became a rare example of a woman warrior. Nowadays the image of Tomoe is often used in some anime and dramas.

#2 – Rosa Luxemburg

This woman is entered the history of the world as one of the most influential revolutionaries. She was not just been repressed for anti-war propaganda during the First World War that did not prevent her from continuing to fight for their opinions, write articles and brochures. Her friends urged her to take an independent role in politics and free from the domination of men. For their beliefs Rose had to pay her own life, but it has also left her name among the most courageous women of the last century.

#1 – Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr always differed violent temper: at 16, she left home and began to act in films. She married Austrian millionaire and bored after 4 years of marriage, and in the best traditions of Hollywood ... she fled to Hollywood. There she not only became a successful actress, but an inventor too: outstanding abilities in the exact sciences have allowed her to play a lot of talk about the technical details of the weapon, which her first husband and his colleagues led. As a result of this fragile woman managed to patent the technology of radio interference-free, but that was not appreciated at the time. But over the years on the basis of its development such systems as the GSM, GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 802.11 were created.